Decision Workspace
token-metadata vs vacro vs quote-alias
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
token-metadata
experimentalv0.1.0
Data structures to associate arbitrary metadata with [`proc_macro2`] tokens.
54
vacro
experimentalv0.2.5
A progressive DevX framework for building Rust procedural macros. Painless parsing, visual debugging, and robust tooling.
52
quote-alias
growingv1.0.3
A helper macro for easily reusing static token streams
Core Metrics
| token-metadata | vacro | quote-alias | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 54 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 45 | 203 | 5.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 57 | 7 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 10 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 132d ago | 16d ago | 751d ago |
| Age | 4m | 3m | 2y |
Health Breakdown
token-metadata
Maintenance
7
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
vacro
Maintenance
18
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
quote-alias
Maintenance
10
Quality
20
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| token-metadata | vacro | quote-alias | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.2.5 | 1.0.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 5KB | 425KB | 6KB |
| Features | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •vacro leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •quote-alias has the most downloads (5.4K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ quote-alias has not been updated in over a year.
- •token-metadata, vacro are pre-1.0 — API may change.